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An asylum-seeking family in Tijuana, Mexico. The flow of migrants seeking asylum continues to grow. How these families get to the border and manage to cross is a money-making enterprise for smugglers and for Mexico’s powerful cartels. (Photo by Daniel Arauz) Photo used under CC BY

Human traffickers cash in on US asylum-seekers

Migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border are a money-making enterprise for smugglers and powerful cartels.

PBS

Human smugglers are thriving under Trump

The Atlantic

The “Remain in Mexico” policy is failing asylum-seekers at the southern US border

UN Dispatch

Accidents, deaths common in India’s coal mines

According to India’s ministry of coal’s annual report for 2017-18, there were 27 serious incidents and 15 fatalities between 2015 and 2017. Local activists believe the numbers could be much higher; the data doesn’t include accidents that took place outside the mines

Guardian

Venezuelans scramble for food, water amid blackout

Much of Venezuela, including parts of the capital Caracas, remained without power for a fifth day, crimping vital oil exports and leaving people struggling to obtain water and food.

Reuters

Rival rallies held in Caracas as Venezuela crisis intensifies

Al Jazeera

UN envoy fears ‘new crisis’ for Rohingya

A United Nations human rights investigator on Myanmar has voiced deep concern at Bangladesh’s plan to relocate 23,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island, saying it may not be habitable and could create a “new crisis”.

ABC News Online

Malaysia raises its game on human rights

The government of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad signed the Rome Statute governing the ICC and immediately notified the UN, noting the court’s objective was to end impunity — namely genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

UCA News

South East Asian brides in China face abuse

Countless women from Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar go to China to wed. Some end up happily married; others speak of violence and forced labor.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

HUMAN RIGHTS

Burkina Faso violence causing school closures

An upsurge in violence in Burkina Faso has closed 1,111 of 2,869 schools in recent months. More than 150,000 children are affected by these closures - a high number for a country where education is already an issue.

BBC

Russians protest harsher internet restrictions

Thousands of people took to the streets of Moscow and two other cities to rally against tighter internet restrictions, in some of the biggest protests in the Russian capital in years.

Reuters

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

60 years later, China defends policies in Tibet

China is defending its often-criticized rule in Tibet 60 years after the Dalai Lama fled into exile amid an uprising against Chinese control, saying those who question its policies are merely biased.

NBCNews.com

Why is China so terrified of Tibetan language classes?

La Croix International

India’s politicians face new social media rules

For the first time, India’s politicians and political parties will have to ensure their social media accounts comply with official guidelines on “acceptable behavior.”

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Geoengineering may be a viable climate cure

The concept of using blimps, planes, or other means to load Earth’s atmosphere with particles or droplets that reflect sunlight and cool the planet has crept into the mainstream conversation to reverse climate change.

Mashable

As the world warms, cloud could disappear

Wired

Study warns of disinfectant use in hospitals

The use of disinfectants to clean and control infections in hospitals should be regulated in the same way that prescribing antibiotics is, according to researchers.

Phys.org

Google leads race to accumulate user data

For the many controversies around Facebook’s mishandling of personal data, with its huge array of services, devices and leading share of the digital ad business, Google is leading the tech giants’ race to accumulate user data.

Axios

GLOBAL HEALTH

WHO urges readiness for next flu pandemic

The WHO says the world will inevitably face another pandemic of flu and needs to prepare for the potential devastation that could cause, and not underestimate the risks.

Reuters

Rwanda will use chickens in malnutrition fight

The Rwanda Agricultural Board will follow one of Britain’s most successful campaigns and give every poor family in the country an egg-laying chicken, in a pilot program designed to reduce malnutrition and stunting in children.

The Telegraph

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GOOD NEWS

Restaurant owner takes entire staff to Disney

Gypsy Gillam, the owner of a restaurant in Raleigh, and 53 other people recently loaded a charter bus bound for Disney World. All meals, hotels, transportation and Disney World tickets were covered by Gilliam.

News & Observer

Ohio students are knitting for homeless people

Student employees at Ohio Dominican University’s Computer Helpdesk are putting away the electronics to knit hats and scarves for homeless men and women.

MSN

Trainer opens gym for special needs clients

CNN

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Private money shaping immigration debate

Think tanks and organizations pushing for tougher immigration restrictions once operated on the fringes of public policy debates, but with a powerful friend in the White House, they are enjoying new influence.

Inside Philanthropy

Gates awards $1.2M for bacterial research

The Gates Foundation has awarded the Milken Institute School of Public Health a $1.2 million grant to identify possible routes of transmission for Campylobacter bacteria in rural areas of Bangladesh.

Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

Dairy firm plans 30% cut in carbon emissions

One of the world’s biggest dairy firms, farmers’ cooperative Arla Foods, plans to reduce carbon emissions by 30 percent over the next decade to meet rising demand from consumers for more sustainable products.

Reuters

Humans are wrecking havoc on chimp culture

Human activity is wreaking havoc on chimpanzee “culture”, a study suggests, as humans continue to expand into what had been wild areas in central and western Africa.

USA TODAY

How virtual hordes of iconic animals could hurt us all

National Geographic

ECONOMIC EQUITY

Domestic workers help Hong Kong make profit

There are 385,000 foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong. They contribute 3.6 percent to the local GDP, based on personal expenditure, cost of tasks at local rates, and value of freed-up time for mothers, according to a report.

CNN

More bankers in Europe earning $1M a year

The number of bankers in the European Union paid over $1.1 million a year rose in 2017 to nearly 5,000 of them, even after regulators capped bonuses.

Reuters

Photo of the Day

A farmer beneficiary from Rwanda’s Bugesera District in 2018. Led by the Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS Network), the Rwanda Green Fund Investment project uses the water-energy and food security nexus to boost climate smart agriculture and development. (Photo by Rwanda Green Fund) Photo used under CC BY

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